Re: Dynamic Element Help
Re: Dynamic Element Help
- Subject: Re: Dynamic Element Help
- From: Chuck Hill <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:27:46 -0800
Generally, when senderID().equals(elementID()) the action is for that component
On 2013-01-31, at 4:21 PM, Johnny Miller wrote:
> Yes. I guess my question is I'm wondering if there is a way to use the senderID to find the right child element?
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> On Jan 31, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Chuck Hill <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> On 2013-01-31, at 4:08 PM, Johnny Miller wrote:
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>>> Oops... looks like I didn't cc the list on that last one.
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>>> So if I override invokeAction in MenuItem
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>>> And I print out the context.elementID() and context.senderID() they match with something like: 0.9.1.13.1.5.1.5
>>> But the url has an extra value: 9.0.9.1.13.1.5.1.5
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>>> I'm a little lost as to how to interpret that?
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>> That depends on what you are looking at.
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>> "/cgi-bin/WebObjects/KMIWebCMSApp_1.woa/-5570/wo/43.0.9.1.13.1.5.1.5"
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>> The number right after /wo/ is the context ID (43 in the URL above) and will increase with each request. The following numbers are the element ID (.0.9.1.13.1.5.1.5). Is that the extra value you are talking about?
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>>> On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Johnny Miller <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>>> For the uninitiated how would I "step through" the context id during the invoke action phase? I believe I've seen that somewhere... Do you happen to know of a component I could use an example?
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>>>> On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Chuck Hill <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>>>> On 2013-01-31, at 2:36 PM, Johnny Miller wrote:
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>>>>>> On Jan 31, 2013, at 12:22 PM, Chuck Hill <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>>>>>> On 2013-01-31, at 2:02 PM, Johnny Miller wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Guru,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I feel like I should come to WOWODC with a flowing beard and long robes.
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>>>>>> Now that would be awesome.
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>>>>> It is probably not considered unusual in Montreal.
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>>>>>>>> I'm not overriding invokeAction on either Menu or MenuItem is that the mistake?
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>>>>>>> I am just guessing from the symptoms. "Menu finds all it's MenuItems and then the MenuItem finds all it's hyperlinks" is not the way that WO is intended to work (though I have abused it like that myself), so I am unsure what it happening in your code. Is childrenElements() getting populated correctly?
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>>>>>> Yeah, I'm actually basing this off of AjaxTabbedPanel (which is your component I believe?)
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>>>>> Yes, that was my wilful abuse of WO.
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>>>>>> The HTML output is exactly the way I want so it must be correctly finding the child elements.
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>>>>>> Just like AjaxTabbedPanel I put the find children function in the constructor.
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>>>>>> IDK if it helps but the output looks like this:
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>>>>>> <ul class="footer-navigation"><li><a href="#" data-trigger="contextMenu"data-contextmenu-options = "{'display':'above'}">+</a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li><a href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/KMIWebCMSApp_1.woa/-5570/wo/43.0.9.1.13.1.5.1.5">Create New Group</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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>>>>>> Menu is the outer UL
>>>>>> MenuItem is everything inside the first LI
>>>>>> And the links are put inside the list items inside the inner UL
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>>>>> I will guess that the .0.9.1.13.1.5.1.5 generated in appendToResponse is not matching the elementID when invokeAction is processed. You are going to have to step through it.
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>>>>> Chuck
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>>>>>>>> On Jan 31, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Chuck Hill <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> Is Menu calling invokeAction on all of the MenuItem? Are they calling it on all of the hyperlinks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Chuck
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2013-01-31, at 1:15 PM, Johnny Miller wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have some code that looks like this:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <webobject name = "Menu">
>>>>>>>>>> <webobject name = "MenuItem">
>>>>>>>>>> <wo:Hyperlink action = "$someAction">Do Stuff</wo:hyperlink>
>>>>>>>>>> </webobject>
>>>>>>>>>> </webobject>
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>>>>>>>>>> Menu and MenuItem are two components that subclass ERXDynamicElement
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>>>>>>>>>> Basically Menu finds all it's MenuItems and then the MenuItem finds all it's hyperlinks and they are formatted the way I want during the respective appendToResponse phases.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The HTML looks right but for some reason $someAction doesn't get called when the link is clicked?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone shed the light on what I'm missing?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Aloha,
>>>>>>>>>> Mr. Johnny Miller
>>>>>>>>>> Web Development Manager
>>>>>>>>>> Kahalawai Media Company
>>>>>>>>>> Lahaina, HI 96761
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>>>>>>>>>> website | e-mail
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